Gerry Luppino - Biography

Gerry is an Astronomer at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy.
Gerry got his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts of Technology in 1989 where
he developed some of the first astronomical CCD cameras. His current
research focuses on extragalactic work: trying to understand distances
in the universe, and how distant galaxies act like giant lenses to focus
light from more distant galaxies. Gerry continues with instrument
development at the Institute for Astronomy.